A SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE ON EVALUATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS HAS BEEN CONDUCTED BY THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE, CENTER FOR COMPUTER SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS. DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF THE SURVEY, THE LITERATURE WAS DIVIDED AMONG DESCRIPTIONS OF PROGRAMS WHICH COMPARED THE PERFORMANCE OF TWO OR MORE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ACCOUNTS OF PROGRAMS WHICH STUDIED THE PERFORMANCE OF ONE SYSTEM, PAPERS AND REPORTS WHICH DISCUSSED THE PROBLEMS OF EVALUATION PROGRAMS, AND DOCUMENTS WHICH PROPOSED NEW TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATION OF SYSTEMS. FROM THE TOTAL LITERATURE COLLECTED, APPENDED AS A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OVER 400 ITEMS TO THIS REPORT, THOSE REFERENCES WHICH WERE JUDGED TO BE MOST DIRECTLY CONCERNED WITH THE SUBJECT OF EVALUATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS WERE SELECTED AND ABSTRACTED. THE ABSTRACTS ARE DESIGNED TO GIVE A SUMMARY OF THE CONTENT OF THE CORRESPONDING PAPER--THE AUTHOR'S OWN WORDING WAS USED EXTENSIVELY, IN ORDER TO AVOID MISINTERPRETATION. ALL OF THE REFERENCES COLLECTED ARE LISTED, IN ALPHABETIC ORDER OF AUTHORS' NAMES, IN THE APPENDIX TO THE MAIN BODY OF THIS PUBLICATION. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AS CATALOG NO-C13.46--297 FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402, FOR $1.00. (AUTHOR/CM)